# Volleyball at the 2022 South American Games

Volleyball competitions at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción, Paraguay were held between 4 and 14 October 2022 at the Paraguayan Volleyball Federation facilities located within the SND complex cluster.
Two medal events were scheduled to be contested: a men's and women's tournament. A total of 132 athletes (60 athletes–5 teams for men and 72 athletes–6 teams for women) competed in the events. Both tournaments were open competitions without age restrictions.
Argentina and Colombia were the defending champions of the South American Games men's and women's volleyball events. Argentina had won all previous men's tournament but did not take part in this edition while Colombia had won the women's tournament in the Cochabamba 2018 edition.
Chile and Peru won the gold medal in the men's and women's events respectively.

## Participating nations

A total of 6 ODESUR nations registered teams for the volleyball events. Each nation was able to enter a maximum of 24 athletes (one team of 12 players per gender). Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, hosts Paraguay and Peru participated in both men's and women's tournament. Argentina participated in the women's tournament.
* Argentina (12 players)
* Bolivia (24)
* Chile (24)
* Colombia (24)
* Paraguay (24)
* Peru (24)

## Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F/G | Final/Gold medal match |
| DateEvent | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Wed 12 | Thu 13 | Fri 14 | Fri 14 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | | | | | | | |
| Women | | | | | | | G | G | G | ½ | B | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Paraguay)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Chile Dusan Bonacic Esteban Villarreal Gabriel Araya Jaime Bravo Kaj Bonacic Sebastián Albornoz Sebastián Castillo Tomás Parraguirre Tomás Gago Vicente Ibarra Vicente Parraguirre Vicente Mardones | Colombia Daniel Medina Harry Copete Jhon Cuello Juan Estupiñan Juan Velasco Leiner Aponzá Oliver Murillo Orian Medina Ronnie Galvis Roosvuelt Ramos Samuel Jaramillo Santiago Ruiz | Peru Álvaro Hidalgo Benjamín Patrón Benny Bernaola Bruno Seminario Daniel Porras Daniel Barbieri Eduardo Romay Francis Mendoza Hiroshi la Torre Jassir Morón Juan Silva-Santisteban Sebastián Blanco |
| Women's tournament details | Peru Aixa Vigil Ángela Barboza Diana de la Peña Esmeralda Sánchez Jade Cuya Karla Ortiz Kiara Vicente María José Rojas María Paula Rodríguez Maricarmen Guerrero Nayeli Calderón Ysabella Sánchez | Argentina Avril García Camila Giraudo Dalma Pérez Guadalupe Martín Julieta Aruga Julieta Cervini María de la Paz Corbalán María Luz Cosulich Marlen Siri Rosa Reinoso Valentina González Valentina Vaulet | Chile Beatriz Novoa Camila Donoso Camila Mendoza Catalina Núñez Elisa Sandrock Florencia Giglio Gabriela Badilla Karen Morales Paula Vallejos Paula Salinas Petra Schwartzman Raphaella Aniegbuna |

## Men's tournament

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Final result |
| 1 | Chile (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 302 | 200 | 1.510 | Gold medal |
| 2 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1.286 | 341 | 330 | 1.033 | Silver medal |
| 3 | Peru | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 303 | 303 | 1.000 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Paraguay (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 299 | 311 | 0.961 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 202 | 303 | 0.667 | Fifth place |

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 98 | 1.531 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 129 | 107 | 1.206 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Paraguay (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 76 | 150 | 0.507 | Fifth place match |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 153 | 104 | 1.471 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 140 | 137 | 1.022 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 98 | 150 | 0.653 | Fifth place match |

### Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 October | 13 October | | |
| Argentina | 3 | | |
| Argentina | 3 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Chile | 0 | 14 October | 14 October |
| Chile | 0 | Argentina | 2 |
| 13 October | 13 October | Argentina | 2 |
| 13 October | 13 October | Peru | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | Peru | 3 |
| Colombia | 0 | | |
| Fifth place match | Fifth place match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| 14 October | 14 October | 14 October | 14 October |
| Paraguay | 2 | Chile | 3 |
| Bolivia | 3 | Colombia | 0 |

### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Peru |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Bolivia |
| 6 | Paraguay |